India launches strikes deep inside Pakistan and Pakistan claims 5 Indian jets shot down, in major escalation

By Sophia Saifi, Vedika Sud, Jerome Taylor and Ross Adkin, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan / New Delhi, India (CNN) — India launched military strikes on targets in Pakistan, both countries said on Wednesday, with Pakistan claiming it had shot down five Indian Air Force jets in response, in a major escalation between the nuclear-armed rivals. India’s missile strikes early Wednesday morning targeted “terrorist infrastructure” in Pakistan’s densely populat…